Detection of individual motor units of the puborectalis muscle by non-invasive EMG electrode arrays

Journal of Electromyography and Kinesiology

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 382-389

  Cescon, Corrado ^a   Bottin, Andrea ^a   Fernandez Fraga, Xose Luis ^b   Azpiroz, Fernando ^b   Merletti, Roberto ^a  

^a POLITECNICO DI TORINO   (Italy)

^b HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARI VALL D HEBRON   (Spain)

Author keywords

Electrode arrays; Motor unit; Puborectalis muscle; Surface electromyography

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AMPLIFIER; ANATOMY; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONSTIPATION; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ELECTRODE; ELECTROMYOGRAM; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; INCONTINENCE; INDEX FINGER; MALE; MOTOR UNIT; MOTOR UNIT POTENTIAL; MUSCLE; MUSCLE CELL; MUSCLE FUNCTION; MUSCLE INNERVATION; NON INVASIVE MEASUREMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBORECTAL MUSCLE;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ADULT; ANAL CANAL; CONSTIPATION; DIGITAL RECTAL EXAMINATION; ELECTRODES; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FECAL INCONTINENCE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MOTOR NEURONS; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; PELVIC FLOOR; RECTUM; SIGNAL PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED;

EID: 42949135000     PISSN: 10506411     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jelekin.2006.11.007     Document Type: Article

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